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Regarding Project 2025–one has to wonder what else the Republican Party has in store for us. What if Project 2025 is merely the cover for something even more nefarious? Isn’t it naive of us to trust that people who normally operate in the dark, would suddenly opt for transparency? Have you noticed how white people…

I took this picture this past summer. The year before I sowed some marigold seeds in a raised bed and nothing happened. This past summer, I decided to let the weeds have their day in the sun. In the midst of the weeds, these marigolds brightened the green tangle. I want to talk a bit…

$18.00 for a Big Mac, fries, and drink. We know that one too many big Macs might kill you, now too many may also bankrupt you. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcdonalds-prices-big-mac-sparks-expensive-menu-darien-connecticut-debate-online/ A Veblen good’s primary utility is for social signaling; it derives value from its price, instead of the other way around. It’s desirable because people with less money…

Once upon a time, there was a two or three stool diner in a small town in a southern state. A tall Black man owned the diner. He had been a cook in the Army in WWII. I remember visiting that small town when I was four or five. I only met this man once…

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/adding-in-god-we-trust-to-state-seal-represents-tennessee-values/ar-BB1hlhYj?ocid=socialshare&cvid=a6a57df97b6a4164abcafd07dfbe949e&ei=26#image=AA1eCZgU|2 Can’t expand Medicaid, pay teachers more, repair the state’s infrastructure, accept federal funds for education, pass meaningful gun control legislation, but along with the Republicans’ meaningless thoughts and prayers, Republicans can pass a bill that says put “In God We Trust” on license plates. What about the separation of church and state? What God…

Funny, Republicans don’t want to renew the child credit because it would be a disincentive for the child’s parents to work. This hypocrisy is from a party that has done nothing in this session that would amount to “work”. Yet, they get paid and have health insurance. How can people continue to vote for such…

What the eye sees when one actually sees what is there. How many times have I looked at the pictured trees and never seen the white-trunked tree? There is still some brown near the base of the tree trunk so this tree is probably diseased and dying. Even with all the snow on the branches…

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/02/letter-from-a-birmingham-jail/552461/? On MLK Day, I read the letter from a Birmingham jail. This letter was written over sixty years ago and today it is still relevant. We are still fighting for the same rights. Our group economic status is worse than it was when MLK wrote the letter. In reading the letter, I was surprised…

Fragility and fear–the cited article tells us that studies have shown that the January 6th rioters/insurrectionists were mostly white males, ages thirties to sixties, who were afraid of losing their white privilege. The article talks about rights, but there is no right to be the only person considered competent for a job, to live in…

This particular walnut tree…maybe it’s in the latter stages of its life cycle. Which of those winter-bared branches is a widow maker? After a high wind, branches, thick branches, litter the ground. However, every year, so far, it produces a copious crop of walnuts. When I took the picture, it was early afternoon, but so…